One to One Candle Making Business Course
£600
Full day by arrangement
With award-winning founder, Paula Mateo
In Bexley, Kent, with easy access from London
Serious about starting your own candle business? Set yourself up for success from the very beginning, in a private course with Paula Mateo, award winning founder of Old Bexley Soap & Candle Co.
Paula will walk you through the whole process and explain the steps you need to follow. We’ll cover everything from how to actually make exquisite candles, all the way through to marketing, packaging and legalities, so you feel confident and ready to go. Because it’s just for you, we can spend more time on any areas that you may particularly want more knowledge about. You’ll save time, money and gain incredible value , learning from an experienced business woman whose proof lies in the outstanding success of her own brand, as well as the candle businesses who have launched under her expert guidance.
You can choose to bring along a friend or business partners:
This course is available face to face or can also be arranged via Zoom
1 attendee - £600
2 attendees - £900
3 attendees - £1200
To book your personal course at a day and time to suit you please get in touch with Paula.
YOU WILL LEARN:
Candles:
The different type of waxes and their importance in candle making
Wick types and how to correctly wick your candle
How to burn a candle correctly
How to make your own luxury soy wax container candles
How to scent your candles from a selection of the highest quality fragrances in the UK
The variety of ingredients needed to make a natural candle, how to select and where to source them
The equipment required, a tutorial on how to use it safely and effectively
How to conduct burn tests to produce safe and fragrant candles you can give as presents or sell.
Compliance and regulations pertaining the sale of candles.
The best suppliers for your ingredients and equipment
Business:
Marketing your products
Packaging
Cost and pricing
Insurance
Compliance with current legislation
Good manufacturing practice, labelling requirements, CLP etc.
What’s included:
The course includes all materials, lunch and refreshments throughout the day.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
You must be over 16 years of age. Full terms here . I can’t wait to welcome you.
THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF:
You want to start a business and want someone to explain each step in an easy to understand way
You want to learn one to one vs in a group, absorbing as much as possible in a day
Perhaps you’ve never made candles before and want to go through each step thoroughly and at your own pace
Or you have made candles before but have lots of questions
“Paula has been absolutely fantastic as a teacher and has a wealth of both practical and business knowledge. Her expert guidance gave me the confidence to start my candle business She has enabled me to develop an excellent understanding of how to not only make luxury candles but also how to succeed with a business over the long term. Paula helped me step by step including helping me navigate supplier websites and giving us amazing marketing/ selling advice. We were able to establish a successful candle business within months of her course and are getting amazing feedback from customers. I highly recommend her courses and feel we wouldn’t be as successful without her support. I will looking to book again soon with plans on expanding to soaps next year.”
READ CHARLOTTE´S FULL EXPERIENCE HERE
“I had the pleasure of attending both the Candle and Reed Diffuser Courses by Paula. Both were extremely informative and provided great hands-on practice and guidance. I learnt the valuable practical skills and crucial information I needed for prepping to start my own business, that I can’t imagine I could have gotten anywhere else! It was exactly what I needed to have such an amazing launch. I would absolutely recommend her course.”
WHY SIGN UP TO A ONE TO ONE COURSE WITH ME?
“I’ve been there and done it. I have built my business from scratch combining my job in the city with my love of artisan products. I found soap and candle making a very therapeutic way to escape from the daily stresses of working in finance and love the mix. It was dedication, passion, perseverance and hard work that made it possible. Now I have a successful, highly-regarded, award winning brand and sell-out workshops. It gives me so much joy to share my knowledge, teach and help other people do the same.
As a chandler I am highly skilled, with a practiced ‘nose’. I discovered that blending oils, knowing what works, and creating heavenly fragrances for luxurious candles and soaps is my superpower. As an accountant specialising in budgeting and forecasting with an Honours Degree in International Business Administration and an Honours Degree in Business Studies, there is rigour behind my approach. I know the ups and downs, the challenges, the legalities etc. inside out. My products and courses have been Highly Commended at the Bexley Business Excellence Awards 2020 and I was a finalist for Best Entrepreneur of the year.
Whether you are working full time, part time or unemployed there is always time to learn a new skill and the possibility to run a business that fits your needs and lifestyle. You can do it!”
VENUE AND TIMINGS
Old Bexley Soap & Candle Co. Studio, Parkhill Rd, Bexley, DA5 1HY
The course runs from 10am-3pm in Bexley, Kent, easy to get to from London, Kent, Essex and East Sussex. We’re just a couple of minutes walk from Bexley train station (zone 6 on Oyster Card), with regular trains from London Bridge, Waterloo East, Charing Cross and Cannon Street. Bus 269 and 132 stop just outside. Bus B12, 229 and 492 stop nearby. If you are driving we’re just off the A2 and near the M25, Free Parking.
Here are just some of the businesses that have launched since coming to our courses:
